Talk:Schmidt corrector plate
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"Schmidt corrector plates do not compensation for the lack of magnification? which non-parabolic reflectors experience. "
This seems to be nonsense to me. Since I don't know anything about telescopes and hit "random", I don't know which way to fix it :)
Either they do compensation or they do not do compensation or do not compensate. Anyone?
blades 14:34, Oct 19, 2003 (UTC)
This seems like nonsense because it is (my apologies to Pizza Puzzle, please don't take it personally).
Originally:
- This "plate" is actually a lens which refracts the light after it has been reflected by the mirrors. Schmidt corrector plates do not compensate for the lack of magnification which non-parabolic reflectors experience.
Light passes throught the Schmidt corrector before it reaches the primary mirror and magnification is strictly a function of focal length. Fixing now. Rsduhamel 03:09, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I removed the word "magnification" because it is irrelevant in this context. magnification is a ratio of eyepiece focal length divided into objective focal length. So theoretically any given focal length can have any magnification. 69.72.93.228 01:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
